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Grave Concerns in Wake of Honduran Election: Tell Congress to Take Action Immediately!

Today (Thursday) is a National Day of Action Against Repression in Honduras! Join Witness for Peace, as part of the Honduras Solidarity Network,
in demanding the US Congress and State Department take immediate
action to address the repression and state violence, as well as
electoral irregularities probably amounting to fraud, during and since
the November 26th elections in Honduras. If the US is truly committed to
democracy, now is the time to show it.

I am very concerned about the human rights situation in
Honduras in the aftermath of the Nov. 26 election. Due to the massive
fraud observed by international observer missions from the Organization
of American States, the European Union, and others, no official winner
for president has yet been announced. The Honduran Supreme Electoral
Tribunal has lost all credibility with the people of Honduras. Honduran
security forces, which are funded and trained by the US, are repressing
people who are demanding that there be an internationally monitored
recount of all ballots or that the election be held over again.

In light of this ongoing repression and probably massive fraud, I ask you in your official capacity to take steps to:

1) An immediate suspension of military and police aid to Honduras.

-In the House of Representatives, please sponsor the Berta Cáceres
Human Rights in Honduras Act (HR 1299) if you have not. If you have
sponsored, please call for the immediate passage of the legislation.

-In the Senate, please work to define leadership for and then draft a companion Senate bill.

-In both Houses, please contact and/or tweet at the Embassy to hold it
accountable for its weak and ultimately harmful rhetoric on the
Honduran crisis. Please tell the Embassy to rightly denounce the
repression and disregard for human rights and democracy that we've seem
demonstrated by the Honduran government.

2)
Revocation of the State Department's certification that the Honduran
government is meeting human rights and anti-corruption conditions: the
circumstances around the election and beyond demonstrate clearly that
the Honduran government is not at all meeting those conditions.

3)
An immediate suspension of diplomatic relations with the Honduran
government, including recalling our Charge D'Affaires/acting Ambassador,
until the rule of law has been re-established, constitutional
guarantees are fulfilled, and democratic processes and institutions are
actually respected.

4) No recognition of a regime imposed by fraud and repression, which is what we fear we're seeing occur right now

Thank you for your time, and I will continue to monitor these issues.

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Our
concerns and outrage continue about the opaque Honduran electoral
process and delay of democracy, and especially about the repression by
state security forces of protests of probable fraud, particularly as the
US Embassy's statements do not seem to take this state violence
seriously. Even prior to the election, Witness for Peace's November
delegations heard testimony of the ongoing intimidation through use of
security forces including US-funded Honduran National Police and TIGRES
unit, incidents of fraud and violence at polling places, and a total
lack of transparency about the electoral process. Since the election, US
munitions that have been used against protestors, and partners
throughout Honduras continue to report to us about massive
militarization around the country. Live ammunition has been fired at
protesters. 14 people have been killed and 51 injured as a result of the
repression of protests, a majority of them by Honduran state security
forces, which, whether they receive US aid or not, regularly operate
(including since the Nov. 26th election day) with forces the US does
train and arm. We have to stop the US complicity in this crisis.

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